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T34ME
Active Member
Although I don't have my car yet, I have been thinking about getting those stickers off too. There are a lot of YouTube videos showing sticker removal, but they're on vinyl visors. I'd like to know how to get them off of Al Cantara/fabric visors without damaging the material.
Same! I just ordered mine a couple nights ago, but want to remove them ASAP so there is no noticeable difference in the visor. I’ll Huber if you remove them on an older car, there it could create a little rectangle of un-faded fabric in the middle of a faded visor.
I searched and there are some old threads on TMC about removing them on a model S, but I think they were all alcantara and not this premium woven fabric.
Any adventurous 3 owners out there want to be the guinea pigs?
T34ME
Active Member
With the revised configuration windows, I won't be getting my car for 6 months now. Depending on what interiors are available by then, other than black, I will likely change out my headliner to black vegan and do the visors to match, thus eliminating the stickers altogether. We'll see.
if you have the black alcantara interior, you can use this: https://www.amazon.com//gp/product/B00GNBRGF2
worked like a charm for me. just cut 5 1/8 x 2 1/2 rectangles, and 5 1/8 x 1 1/8 rectangles
worked like a charm for me. just cut 5 1/8 x 2 1/2 rectangles, and 5 1/8 x 1 1/8 rectangles
I just did this last night. And after a few attempts I was able to get it done without damaging the material (premium woven fabric). After doing some poking around the interwebs I found recommendations to use heat and others that said IPA.
Neither heat or IPA alone was enough to remove the stickers easily. So I eventually got this method:
I was pleased with the results. I was able to remove most evidence of the stickers, though you can see the subtle imprint of the stickers if you look closely (you’d never notice without looking specifically for it). And it looks way cleaner without the garish stickers.
Neither heat or IPA alone was enough to remove the stickers easily. So I eventually got this method:
- Heat the sticker using a hair dryer on medium (probably use a lower temp with a heat gun).
- Soak a section of a white clean rag generously with IPA.
- Wipe the sticker with the rag to soak with IPA. Be generous here. The sticker should be obviously saturated with the alcohol. As I progressed I just defaulted to more and more alcohol to make things easier.
- Let soak for about 30-45 seconds
- Pick a corner and start working sticker away from the fabric
- Continue to keep the sticker heated with hair dryer/heat gun as you peel
- If you hit a spot that is not coming away freely, resist the temptation to pull too hard - I wanted to avoid stretching the fabric or pulling it away from it’s formed shape. Instead, soak with IPA again and lest rest for 30-45 seconds before resuming with the heat gun and peeling. You can repeat this as necessary until the sticker peels away easily.
- Once the sticker is removed soak a section of your rag with IPA and give a moderate scrub to the fabric to remove any adhesive reside.
- After the sticker has been removed, hit it with heat to evaporate the IPA and inspect your work. You may want to do the soak and scrub step again to remove any residue you missed.
- The smaller stickers on the outside of the flaps, there was a line of seemingly more adhesive that ran down the middle, starting about a half inch in from either end.
- The larger stickers on the inside of the flaps, while peeling it got substantially for difficult once I got about three quarters of an inch from the edge all the way around the sticker.
I was pleased with the results. I was able to remove most evidence of the stickers, though you can see the subtle imprint of the stickers if you look closely (you’d never notice without looking specifically for it). And it looks way cleaner without the garish stickers.
Thank you! this worked perfectly for me.... I didn’t have to use any heat, but it was 80 degrees in South Florida today, so if your performing surgery in non summer temperatures , a little heat might help.....
(A Hot clay bag works wonders to transfer heat without heat gun)
hot clay bag =hot/cold ice pack from the drug store, microwave as instructed on package... nice warm ~ 120 degree heat
(A Hot clay bag works wonders to transfer heat without heat gun)
hot clay bag =hot/cold ice pack from the drug store, microwave as instructed on package... nice warm ~ 120 degree heat
